contaminate
verb (used with object)
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc..
have been contaminating
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present perfect progressiveof contaminate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And what is more, I have been contaminating Dixie!
From The Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little
